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Hey guys, sorry for the late review on this one. I didn’t get the chance to see Happy Death Day last weekend due to prior engagements, but better late than never! After hearing what my friends had to say, I agree that Happy Death Day is a fun seasonal movie.

Hey guys, sorry for the late review on this one. I didn’t get the chance to see Happy Death Day last weekend due to prior engagements, but…. Hehe didn’t expect a time loop in my review, did you?

Sorority girl Tree (Jessica Rothe) wakes up on her birthday in a nerdy classmate Carter’s (Israel Broussard) dorm room. We learn immediately that Tree is popular despite being nasty to everyone. She coldly tosses her roommate’s birthday cupcake on the floor in front of her, shamelessly sleeps with a married teacher, and blows off her dad. Then someone kills her!

Sorority girl Tree (Jessica Rothe) wakes up on her birthday again and now she’s in a time loop. Who wants to kill her, though? Even Tree acknowledges it could be anyone since she’s pissed off everyone.

What I loved the most about Happy Death Day is that it doesn’t take itself seriously at all. From the opening Universal logo, we know right away this will be a fun, mindless slasher movie. Except it’s not always mindless. It’s kind of brainy.

Happy Death Day isn’t just a 90-minute slasher movie where we watch a girl violently die repeatedly. In fact, it’s not bloody due to the PG-13 rating. Rather than try to get away with lazy PG-13 kills, the filmmakers utilize their rating to focus on satirizing campus life and poke fun at the slasher genre.

There’s a montage set to Demi Lovato’s “Confident” where Tree confronts all her suspects while dying each time. It’s done with no gore and each death more absurd and funny than the previous one. I have to credit director Christopher B. Landon for acknowledging the movie’s absurdity. Also, props to the writers for delivering a well-written protagonist.

Rothe shows range and talent as Tree. While Tree starts out as a typical mean girl, she becomes more sympathetic and we eventually understand why she’s cruel to everyone on her birthday. She even grows spunkier and more fierce each day.

This October’s lineup consists of several horror films. Happy Death Day is still number one after a week and if you have to choose between this and the dull The Snowman, choose Happy Death Day.